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Analysis of Apollo 14 samples has revealed a basalt that could be parental to the highlands anorthosites.
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BROWN, G., PECKETT, A. Selective Volatilization on the Lunar Surface: Evidence from Apollo 14 Feldspar-Phyric Basalts. Nature 234, 262–266 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234262a0
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